By Emmerson Campbell Minister of Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony has challenged the local swimming team to accomplish their personal best at the three-day Goodwill Swimming Championships which commences here today at 12:30hrs.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Brian Christmas and opener Jeremy Solozano plundered hundreds while captain Vikash Mohan fell just short of three figures, as Trinidad and Tobago produced a fabulous batting effort to gain first innings points over Leeward Islands, in their drawn fifth round match Regional Under-19 three-day Championship.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A defiant 50-run, seventh wicket stand between Delbert Gayle and Bryan Gayle, earned Jamaica a draw after they seemed headed for certain defeat yesterday, the last day of their clash with Windward Islands.
Multi-talented athlete Alisha Fortune is optimistic about her chances when she represents Guyana at the 40th annual Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in Puerto Rico next month.
LONDON, England, CMC-Jamaican sprint sensation Yohan Blake says there is a “real possibility” that he could debut his international cricket career in Australia this summer.
A visiting Barbadian club team comprising of cadet players at the beginners and intermediate levels was engaged in the National Sports Commission “Teach Them Young” table tennis developmental programme from August 8-15.
(Boxscore) Canada scored twice in the second half on Wednesday and dominated Trinidad and Tobago for a 2-0 win in an all-CONCACAF friendly at Central Browards Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida.
(Reuters) – Alister McDermott is set to follow his father Craig into international cricket after being added to Australia’s squad for the one-day series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A battling half-century from JP Duminy and a test best 46 not out from tailender Vernon Philander led South Africa’s fightback as they closed on 262 for seven on the first day of the third and final test yesterday.
PAMPLONA, Spain, (Reuters) – Home favourite Alberto Contador’s first Grand Tour race in more than a year after serving a doping ban will boost the profile of the 2012 Vuelta a Espana, says race director Javier Guillen.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh have included all-rounder Farhad Reza in the squad to strengthen their batting reserves for the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.
TOWNSVILLE, Australia, CMC-West Indies under 19s recovered quickly from an early slump against Zimbabwe to register their third straight win in the ICC Youth World Cup in Australia yesterday.
The Ministry of Tourism and the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) are teaming up to host the President’s Cup golf tournament in an initiative to promote sports tourism in Guyana.
By Iva Wharton Cell phone giant Digicel yesterday announced its sponsorship of the Goodwill Swimming Championship which commences tomorrow at the National Aquatic Centre.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Captain Andrew Strauss’ 100th test for England at Lord’s this week will be overshadowed by the controversial absence of the team’s most dynamic batsman Kevin Pietersen for the deciding match against South Africa.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Only three-and-a-half hours play was possible on the second day but Windward Islands still managed to secure first innings points over defending champions Jamaica in their final round clash in the Regional Under-19 three-day Championship yesterday.
By Neil Barry Practice makes perfect is a popular saying. However, the Harper brothers Mark and Roger stress that perfect practice makes perfect.
The seventh annual Franco Crawford Cycle Road Race organized by the Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice will pedal off on Sunday from Springlands to New Amsterdam.
By Emmerson Campbell After highly touted pugilist and joint junior Sportsman-of-the-Year Imran ‘Magic’ Khan failed to clinch an Olympic berth at this year’s London Games, executives of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) will seek to have those fortunes reversed in four years at the next Olympics in Brazil.
Junior star rider Raynauth Jeffrey will spearhead a team of youth riders to represent Guyana at this year’s Caribbean Youth Road Racing Championship which will be held in the Dominican Republic on August 25 and 26.
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